Bug 25969 – request ebuild for twiki

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description David Grant 2003-08-05 11:39:56 UTC]

I might make one myself, if it isn't too hard.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 David Grant 2003-08-05 11:42:46 UTC]

Hmm, looks like it might be pretty trivial: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiOnGentoo

Worth making an ebuild for anyways though.  I'm sure many noobish users would shy away from installing it from scratch...most web-based applications like this are somewhat complicated to install sometimes.

[Comment 2 SpanKY 2003-09-04 11:59:38 UTC]

*** Bug 27944 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 3 Ian Leitch (RETIRED) 2003-09-09 03:55:44 UTC]

Please note that this isn't actualy a duplicate. TikiWiki and Twiki are different things. 

[Comment 4 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2003-10-04 06:36:58 UTC]

Hi,

My apologies, but we simply don't have the free time right now to create
ebuilds on request.

Have you tried writing an ebuild for this package?  On our website, we have
a good beginner's guide to writing ebuilds.  You can find our documentation
here: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/docs.xml.

Come back with an ebuild, and we'll be happy to look at it again for you.

Best regards,
Stu

[Comment 5 David Grant 2003-10-04 13:28:11 UTC]

Stuart, I think you misunderstood me.  I created this bug as a placeholder
for when I eventually create the ebuild myself.  Also as a place to ask questions,
for me or whoever else is interested in the twiki ebuild.

(I know the Gentoo developers do not create ebuilds-on-request.  However,
in the past I have seen lots of open bug reports which are basically just
requests for ebuilds, under the "feature enhancement" category.  Is it a
new policy to have no ebuild-request bugs?)

I have installed twiki on my machine manually from the tarball.  I will provide
an ebuild eventually (no firm time set).

My first question is...where do I install twiki, into /home/httpd/twiki,
/home/httpd or /home/httpd/htdocs/twiki?  I installed it manually into /home/httpd/htdocs/twiki
as I could very natually access my twiki at http://homepage.com/twiki.  Otherwise
I think I would need to create a new virtual server in apache which is a
pain....  Comments please.

[Comment 6 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2003-10-04 13:32:08 UTC]

Hi David,

The easy answer is that you don't install it into any of those locations.
 We're in the process of implementing GLEP #11 (http://glep.gentoo.org),
and as part of that there'll be a new eclass which will hide a few installation
details from ebuilds (and require more information from them too).

I'm hoping to get a first-cut eclass out this weekend, for review and revision.

Best regards,
Stu

[Comment 7 David Grant 2003-10-04 13:38:36 UTC]

The proposal looks good.  Will the eclass be available in portage? or do
I have to download it manually in order to try it out?

[Comment 8 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2003-10-04 14:27:42 UTC]

I'll be putting the eclass into Portage, along with an ebuild or two to demonstrate
how I see it being used.  I'm sure it'll undergo a few changes before being
fit for mass-use, mind ;-)

Stu

[Comment 9 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-12-30 07:11:34 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 32435 ***

[Comment 10 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-12-30 07:24:18 UTC]

sorry, not the same

could you provide an ebuild ?

[Comment 11 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-12-30 09:10:37 UTC]

closing as its now in cvs